Director Nursing Perioperative

Director Perioperative

Core work hours:
Monday-Friday 8:00a-5:00p.

Work location:

Texas Health Dallas, Dallas, TX

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is one of North Texas's most established hospitals. As an 875 bed, full service hospital, we've served the Dallas community and surrounding areas including Lakewood, White Rock, and Highland Park since 1966 with a commitment to high quality, compassionate care.

We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women's services, and emergency medicine. Our hospital is home to a renowned Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. We also offer a wide range of outpatient services, including surgery, wellness programs, and advanced women's imaging. Our Women's Robotic Surgery program holds accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), reflecting our commitment to innovation in women's health and patient safety in surgery.

Texas Health Dallas is a Joint Commission certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level I Trauma Center, and Comprehensive Heart Attack Center. We are proud to be a designated Magnet hospital and a top choice in North Texas for cancer treatment, emergency services, cardiac care, and bariatric surgery.

• Plan, organize, and delegate activities as required for the safe, efficient, and effective operation of the department including active participation with other hospital and leadership staff to accomplish this objective.
• Develop and oversee policies, procedures, and standards that direct department operations.
• Verify that standards are consistent with hospital, community, and nationally recognized evidence‑based practice standards.
• Actively incorporate measures to obtain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards and requirements.
• Identify and utilize processes and resources that support optimal delivery of data and information to leadership team and staff.

• Establish priorities for department growth and enhancement based on customer need, research findings, and industry trends.
• Effectively market the service to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with nurses providing direct patient care and members of other disciplines at all levels in the development, implementation, and evaluation of program and services.

• Stewardship of the department resources by fostering a continuous improvement mindset; drive high quality patient care in a cost‑efficient manner.
• Determine the appropriate number and level of staff in collaboration with department management and staff, balancing competency, patient needs, patient outcomes, patient safety outcomes and productivity guidelines.
• Monthly review of the Departmental Responsibility Reports (DRRs) to determine adherence to operational performance targets.
• Regularly communicate with staff and customer groups regarding hospital/department goals, results and future direction.
• Advocate for appropriate fiscal and human resources to accomplish work/goals for the Nursing Division/Department and the Organization.

• Collaborate with all customer groups (patients, department/hospital staff, physicians and other customer groups), to meet and exceed needs and expectations.
• Create and maintain a collaborative work environment (patients, physicians, and key stakeholders).
• Actively engage customer groups on a regular basis to promote effective customer relationships and communication with prompt resolution of issues and concerns.
• Evaluate customer satisfaction on a regular basis to determine gaps between actual results and expectations.

• Use benchmark data from internal and external sources to identify opportunities for improvement of care and patient safety.
• Identify key performance indicators that need to be monitored and evaluated.
• Develop, monitor and evaluate systems that improve organizational performance.
• Include department staff in shared KPI goal setting, strategy development and outcomes analysis.

• Oversee the effectiveness of the department…